Following enquiries from award winners, I've uploaded all 28 minutes of the 2022 @WCRChampionship prize giving video.
On the 2nd of April, @KerryMotorClub will kick off the 2023 championship, which marks the 30th year of continuous #TopPart sponsorship.
https://t.co/Bhhdd5KBVY
I couldn't let today pass without remembering a dearly departed friend this morning, before we head out for the start of the 2022 @CircOfMunster Rally. This was Mickeys last rally start, in 1996.
Rest in Peace Mickey Farrell
"Simply the Best"
📸 by Adrian Crawley @ArdeeSnapper
Ten years ago today, Irish Motorsport lost a genuine rally fanatic, a big fan of Vauxhall/Opel cars, a great photographer and a really good friend to everyone he meet over many years following rallies all over Ireland.
We all miss that smile and laugh.
Rest in Peace Joe Lane...
#OnThisDay 48years ago a car bomb killed 7 innocent people in #Monaghan.Justice Henry Barrons 2003 inquiry criticised the #Garda investigation, saying investigators stopped work prematurely & the @FineGael/@labour government of the day 4 inaction & lack of interest in the bombing
Chicanes or "movable structures" are not popular in #rallying or any form of #motorsport, some say they're a necessary evil, which impact results, as can be seen towards the end this short video from the 2022 @MayoMotorClub#Rally, won by @joshmoffettcom1
https://t.co/TKSHGZMbft
And, after waiting two long years for this weekend, we're all finally back for Rnd1 of the @IrishTarmacTROA#Rally Championship. Best of luck to all the volunteers in @GalwayMotorClub running the 2022 @GalwayIntRally and to all competitors, marshals and media, have a safe one
Those 25 years passed by so fast, sad that Mickey is no longer with us.
I prefer to remember the good times, the happier times, and the way he'd greet ye after a rally, "what were we like out there", always with that big smile across his face.
Like Adrian said "Simply the Best"
Just heard the sad news
RIP Esler
He was always such a friendly man, despite being a complete stranger, he made time for me the first time I met him, once he knew you were a rally fan he'd always stop for a chat.
📷 by @PamBallantine & Molls Gap from years ago by #EslerCrawford
@ArdeeSnapper @JimMcSherry1@NRC_Stages Thanks for the update Adrian, great to hear that it hasn't been lost for ever. Look forward to possibly seeing it again, when it's finally finished.
Fond #rally#memories from a different era, and that wonderful sound of the #SUBARU flat four engine.
#onthisday1996, #Motorsport in Ireland lost a true clubman & 1994 @NRC_Stages#Champion, the late "Mickey Farrell"
Some great pictures from @ArdeeSnapper
Rest in Peace Mickey